Written answers
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that were issued in each week of September and October 2023, in tabular form. [48851/23]
- Middle East
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in view of the devastating consequences of the ongoing conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, he will instruct...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- EU Meetings
20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next meeting of EU Communications Ministers is scheduled to take place. [48862/23]
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of each aircraft currently being used by the Air Corps. [48863/23]
- Defence Forces
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the various capital works projects taking place at Sarsfield Barracks. [48864/23]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Taxi Licences
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will receive their SPSV licence, given that they applied over seven months ago, with no information on...
- Road Safety
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport given increased scooter and bicycle usage, if he will consider measures or campaigns to enhance visibility, such as promoting the use of...
- Rail Network
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Iarnród Éireann plans to have fully restored catering trolley services on board all intercity rail journeys before the...
- Transport Costs
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date in 2024 that changes to the young adult Leap card will come into effect (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in regard to the low emission vehicle toll incentive scheme; if he...
- Driver Test
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49066/23]
- Department of Finance
- Tax Yield
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised to end of June 2024 by tapering a personal, PAYE and earned income tax credit rate of 1.5% per €1,000 for...
- International Agreements
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he still considers the implementation of Pillar 2 to be a global project, given US Treasury Secretary Yellen's comments; how she communicated same to...
- Tax Code
32. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the implications of a new approach to taxing medical partnerships for the wider policy arrangements in health have been assessed by his Department; and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Risk Management
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Holycross flood relief scheme in Tipperary will be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [48852/23]
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make funding available to businesses in County Tipperary that have been damaged by flooding following recent storms; and if...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Public Sector Staff
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will urgently review the pay and working conditions of all of the school transport bus escorts across the State, similar to the...
- Departmental Contracts
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a company (details supplied) is a suitable facility for medical assessment due to lack of wheelchair accessibility and facilities for those who...
- School Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding was allocated for school libraries in budget 2023 and budget 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Teacher Training
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the current shortage of teachers, she will instigate a review of the evaluation of a UK postgraduate course by the Teaching...
- School Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will work with a school (details supplied) so that it can be included in a public procurement framework for period products from which they...
- Schools Building Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school building programme at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when works will commence and be completed; and if...
- School Staff
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49009/23]
- Schools Building Projects
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 26 September 2023, when her Department expects to receive the second tender report for a school...
- Clár Tógála Scoileanna
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas ó bhunscoil (sonraí tugtha) le haghaidh Cóiríocht Scoile Bhreise (foirm...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Staff
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht why the recently advertised position of Secretary General for her Department does not require that applicants have a capacity to do...
- Sports Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to outline the provisional timelines of announcements for the sports capital and sports capital equipment programme 2023; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what he is doing to ensure that city and county councils process the vacant property refurbishment grant applications in a...
- Defective Building Materials
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the scheme to establish supports for the remediation of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final capital allocations in 2023 for local authority social housing, capital assistance scheme and capital loan facility;...
- Defective Building Materials
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to seek advice for a person (details supplied) in respect of the very concerning condition of their home; if he will outline...
- Housing Schemes
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline his Department is working towards in publishing annual housing adaptation grant waiting lists, in view of the...
- Agriculture Schemes
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will advise in relation to an NPWS farm plan application (details supplied). [48940/23]
- Local Government Reform
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reviewed the most recent report from the Council of Europe on the state of local democracy; and if he will make a...
- Housing Schemes
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine a flaw in the home loan scheme whereby if a person still has an interest in the family home, they do not qualify...
- Departmental Schemes
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a flood relief scheme for ordinary householders will be instigated by his Department similar to the enhanced emergency...
- Water Services
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason people who are building a one-off house this year and receive their water from a group water scheme will not have...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Weather Events
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make funding available to homes in County Tipperary that have been damaged by flooding following recent storms;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a qualified adult (details supplied) being added to a disability allowance claim;...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the back to education allowance, or any other re-education allowance, is available for redundant workers over the age of 50...
- Social Welfare Code
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered increasing the current limit of €5,000 of unearned income over which a person is deemed to be a...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a grant for hearing aids, when they are in receipt of the State pension...
- Social Welfare Payments
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in the scenario where a person is homeless and trying to avail of a social welfare allowance but they do not have an address...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what the implications are for the State if a cap on the numbers of asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees is introduced; and if...
- An Garda Síochána
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who successful completed Garda van/personnel carrier course within Tipperary division to date in 2023;...
- Departmental Policies
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline what threshold, if any, is applicable for the increasing of maintenance fees and fees for sinking funds for apartment...
- Legislative Measures
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 27 November 2018, if she has any plans to amend section 19A of the Criminal Law...
- International Agreements
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a commitment that the UN Second Optional Protocol will be ratified following the enactment of the Criminal Law...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Trade Missions
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food-related trade mission to the United Arab Emirates is scheduled for early in the new year. [48858/23]
- Pesticide Use
87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support a ban on glyphosate (details supplied); if he is aware of the dangers reported about this very controversial...
- Legislative Measures
88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the advice from the Attorney General that shows how the Attorney General reached the conclusion that the Island...
- Agriculture Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2023 BISS and ANC payments will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Family Resource Centres
92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost in 2024, if each family resource centre were allocated an additional 6.5% increase in their...
- Child and Family Agency
93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE social workers employed by Tusla in County Tipperary in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the...
- Departmental Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an organisation (details supplied) was unsuccessful in its funding application to the 2023 LGBTI+...
- Disability Services
95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total funding allocated for existing levels of service (ELS) in disability services in 2021, 2022, 2023 and...
- Disabilities Assessments
96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an assessment of needs carried out;...
- Special Educational Needs
97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine a case (details supplied) of an individual in need of special needs education but who now has...
- Disability Services
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an urgent update on a placement appeal for a person (details supplied). [48934/23]
- Disabilities Assessments
99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment for childhood apraxia of speech given the urgent need;...
- Disability Services
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many healthcare professionals are employed within each HSE region including psychiatrists, psychologists and...
- International Protection
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth why a contract was awarded to accommodate international protection applicants at a location (details supplied)...
- Department of Health
- Assisted Human Reproduction
102. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed surrogacy legislation will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48844/23]
- Health Services
103. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 891 of 20 September 2023, the reason for the shortfall in reimbursement for cross-Border schemes is significantly higher...
- Hospital Staff
105. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric nephrologists based in Cork University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form [48854/23]
- Domestic Violence
106. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to domestic violence services in Tipperary for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [48855/23]
- Hospital Staff
107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE gastroenterologist registrars based in Tipperary University Hospital in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [48856/23]
- Hospital Appointments Status
108. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48868/23]
- Disability Services
109. To ask the Minister for Health if the home support authorisation scheme covers homecare for disabled people; the funding that providers are paid under this scheme for disability packages;...
- Hospital Facilities
110. To ask the Minister for Health what health facilities are available in the State for a person (details supplied) living with cerebral palsy who requires an MRI scan to be carried out under...
- Home Care Packages
111. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to address the current homecare situation; for an update on the progress of the statutory homecare scheme; and if the statutory...
- Dental Services
112. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get an appointment for orthodontic treatment; their current place on the treatment waiting list; if there are other...
- Hospital Appointments Status
113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48877/23]
- Hospital Facilities
114. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospice care/palliative care beds in CHO7; and the location of each. [48883/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
115. To ask the Minister for Health if the pandemic payment has been approved for the nurses in the Blood Transfusion Service, who worked at the frontline in patient-facing roles throughout the...
- Home Care Packages
116. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the concerning circumstances where a homecare package applied for in October 2022, has not yet been processed for a person (details...
- Patient Forums
117. To ask the Minister for Health if any patient representatives have been included in the working group on health claims costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48905/23]
- State Claims Agency
118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence cases currently being managed by the State Claims Agency; the value of such claims; the value of awards made in each of the...
- Health Services Staff
119. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment of Public Health Nurses for the CHO7 area. [48911/23]
- Hospital Admissions
121. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric hospitalisations in Ireland associated with chickenpox in 2022 and to date in 2023; the percentage increase, if any, in...
- Health Services
122. To ask the Minister for Health what impact illnesses like, Strep A, RSV and chickenpox are expected to have on the public paediatric health system in Winter 2023; what preventative measures...
- Vaccination Programme
124. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for the provision of the primary childhood immunisation programme in the years ranging from 2018-2024; and if he will make a...
- Pharmacy Services
125. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to amend the Pharmacy Act 2007 to provide for statutory regulation of hospital pharmacy technicians; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services
126. To ask the Minister for Health if it is correct that Clondalkin will have no public adult occupational therapy service as of 9 November 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
127. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision is expected to be made by his Department on providing the varicella vaccine to children in Ireland as part of the national immunisation...
- Emergency Departments
128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of the new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48928/23]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a first appointment; how long they have been waiting to see an audiologist in CHO2, in tabular form; and if he...
- Health Strategies
131. To ask the Minister for Health what level of funding will be provided to the stroke strategy services in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48935/23]
- General Practitioner Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health whether the implications of a new approach to taxing medical partnerships for the wider policy arrangements in Health have been assessed by his Department; and...
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a complaint (details supplied) is processed as soon as possible; his views on the contents of the complaint; and if he will make a...
- General Practitioner Services
134. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to apply increases in line with the public pay agreements to general practitioners in receipt of DMO salaries going forward with also an...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in completing the planned 96-bed block at University Hospital Limerick; the steps he will take to expedite its construction; and if he...
- General Practitioner Services
136. To ask the Minister for Health when adequate facilities for modern medicine will be provided at a health centre (details supplied) as this health centre lack the necessary space suitable for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
137. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to get an urgent date for a surgical procedure in any hospital to remove kidney stones as the person is...
- Medical Cards
138. To ask the Minister for Health if a person who is a holder of a medical card or GP visit card should be charged for services by their GP such as routine blood tests, minor procedures etc.;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding can be applied for by a former worker of a company (details supplied) aged over 50 years who wishes to re-enter third-level...
- EU Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has applied for support funding from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) for the 234 workers...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aithníonn sé go gcaithfear dul i ngleic leis an eisiamh a chruthaíonn an struchtúr reatha don Ghaeilge sa chóras...
- Public Sector Pay
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the widespread dissatisfaction with the proposals published by his Department with regard to a cohort of workers (details...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
144. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much of the €5 million allocated to the blue ways tourism fund that has been drawn down in Kildare south; and if she will...
